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Qualcomm is Expanding in XR R&D & Developing ‘5G Necklace’

What They Say Auganix reported that Qualcomm is boosting its R&D investment in XR with the opening of six new labs in Europe. Separately, Engadget reported that the firm has developed a ‘5G neckband’ with Verizon that supports the Lenovo ThinkReality A3 headset (among others). Based on photos seen by the blog, “it looks like … Read more

EU & UK Cinema Attendance Gradually Recovering: Ticket Sales Up by 28% in 2021

Based on preliminary data the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that the cinema attendance in the European Union and the United Kingdom increased to 383.2 million tickets sold in 2021. This is 83.8 million admissions more than in 2020, representing a year-on-year growth of 28%. The rebound was less pronounced in the European Union only (EU27), … Read more

Links Week Ending 18th February 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. LG 2022 TV line-up How to Shut Off Motion Smoothing — and Why You Should Xiaomi just launched a gaming-focused flagship with Mercedes F1 Elliptic Labs’ AI … Read more

Epson Takes Home Theater Viewing to New Levels with its Most Advanced Laser Projector to Date – the Epson Pro Cinema 4K PRO-UHD LS12000

As demand for home entertainment continues to surge, Epson today introduced its most advanced home theater projector to date – the Epson Pro Cinema LS12000 4K PRO-UHD®1 Laser Projector. The Pro Cinema LS12000 redefines 4K theater-quality expectations for home theater viewing, faithfully reproducing all source material the way the artist intended. Incorporating an all-new Laser … Read more

New Improved Projectors Expand the Barco Portfolio for Fixed Installs

Barco is expanding its portfolio with two new G-series projectors to enable improved creativity from simple day-to-day needs to more advanced installations. The G62s are a new choice for consistency enabling a broad Barco portfolio for the ProAV market with solutions for every budget. Improved and extended projection platform With the introduction of the G60s … Read more

Acer Reports January Consolidated Revenues of NT$25.16 Billion, Reaching an Eight-year High

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What They Say Acer put out its monthly result for January which was the highest January for eight years at 7.1% beyond last year at $902 million. It was down 14.8% from in line with seasonality. The firm said that logistic issues are a bottleneck, although semiconductor shortages are easing. Gaming line: revenues grew 28.7% … Read more

European Partnership For Human-machine Interaction

Interactive Scape and DISPLAX announce cooperation to pioneer European solutions for large-scale multitouch screens and surfaces. The collaboration will advance the exciting combination of Touch Displays and Object Recognition, creating unique experiences for areas such as retail, museums, exhibitions, and many others. Hauke Helmer, CEO and founder of Interactive Scape, says: “We are thrilled that … Read more

Could High Performance Oxide Become the #2 FPD Backplane in Five Years?

The oxide semiconductor has always to my mind been the interesting middle ground in the display industry. But to date, it has been mastered by relatively few players Sharp and LGD come to mind) as the physics of the device are distinctly different to amorphous silicon (a-Si). (For those that are new to this subject, … Read more